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Manolo CHRETIEN was born in 1966 on the Orange airbase (France). His father was a French pilot and international astronaut (first European to go into space), he spent his young years between sheds and airplanes. Manolo CHRETIEN developed quickly a high interest about this metallic world, which combines technology, speed and power. It explains his fascination for movement and material.
He entered in the École Nationale des Arts Appliqués et des métiers d’art in 1987. It allowed him to have a thorough knowledge of the mechanics of materials. Wind, speed and the inevitably curved shapes of devices and waves, give undulating structures. Manolo CHRETIEN calls Solid Anemomorphoses the apparatus whereas waves are called Liquid Anemomorphoses . Manolo CHRETIEN scatters his photos with distortions and fluidity of lines. The strength of elements fascinates him, just as the term ...